Simply Philile

My biggest problem with being able to read and write and I think some of you will relate, is that I can’t help but read every piece of text, written on anything – from the fine printed Did You Know ? Chappies chewing gum wrapper, to the bold health campaign billboard. It could even be written in Kiswahili or any other foreign language and I would still attempt to read it. So this is how I end up reading things that I’d rather not be exposed to such as social media posts stating;  “People with HIV should just be moved to their own island like naughty kids” like I read last week on twitter. Honestly, I don’t get mad or annoyed at such bigoted statements anymore. Instead, such utterances leave me numb and maybe slightly sad for human beings including myself; for my simplistic views and logic towards life in general.  Because my simplistic view is, as long as you are sexually active, consider yourself just one step away from getting an STI including HIV – regardless of whether you